Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky
by
 
Leonard, Elizabeth D.

Title
Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky

Author
Leonard, Elizabeth D.

ISBN
9780807869383
 
9781469602738

Publication Information
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 417 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Series
Civil War America
 
Civil War America (Series)

Abstract
Joseph Holt, the stern, brilliant, and deeply committed Unionist from Kentucky, spent the first several months of the American Civil War successfully laboring to maintain Kentucky's loyalty to the Union, then went on to serve as President Lincoln's judge advocate general. This book offers a full-scale biography of Holt, who has long been overlooked and misunderstood by historians and students of the war.

Personal Subject
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894.

Corporate Subject
United States. Army. Judge Advocate General's Department -- History.
 
United States. Army. Judge Advocate General's Dept -- History.
 
United States. Army. Judge Advocate General's Department. (OCoLC)fst01852302

Subject Term
Judges -- United States -- Biography.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807869383_leonard


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf Number[[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]]Status
Online LibraryE-Book376005-1001ONLINEElektronik Kütüphane